MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.87,-90.02 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 142 SFC 999 148 25.5 22.0 81 3.5 23.0 59 5 298.7 301.8 296.1 347.8 16.86 2 950 592 21.3 20.1 93 1.2 20.5 58 8 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.8 15.77 3 900 1058 17.3 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 72 10 299.4 301.9 294.4 340.2 13.99 4 850 1545 14.9 14.1 95 0.8 14.4 115 10 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.1 11.98 5 800 2057 12.2 10.4 88 1.9 11.1 134 7 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.9 9.94 6 750 2597 9.8 7.8 87 2.0 8.6 141 5 307.3 308.9 292.9 334.2 8.91 7 700 3167 6.6 0.8 66 5.8 3.5 141 3 309.8 310.8 291.0 327.7 5.79 8 650 3771 2.4 -6.8 51 9.2 -1.8 100 2 311.6 312.3 289.6 322.9 3.53 9 600 4413 -0.9 -10.2 49 9.2 -4.8 48 1 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.6 2.94 10 550 5102 -4.8 -26.1 17 21.3 -10.7 54 1 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.83 11 500 5842 -11.1 -27.8 24 16.7 -15.2 164 1 319.5 319.6 289.4 322.2 0.78 12 450 6641 -17.1 -23.8 56 6.6 -18.8 192 9 321.7 321.9 290.6 326.0 1.24 13 400 7517 -21.6 -24.5 77 2.9 -22.3 206 11 326.9 327.2 292.1 331.5 1.31 14 350 8485 -28.8 -32.5 70 3.7 -29.4 174 5 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.5 0.71 15 300 9570 -37.1 -46.9 36 9.8 -37.9 61 4 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 16 250 10801 -46.2 -66.8 8 20.6 -46.8 44 4 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 17 200 12273 -48.4 -76.9 2 28.5 -48.9 219 17 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14146 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 230 24 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16692 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 232 19 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.82 m Freezing level: 614.06 mb = 4232.50 m = 13885.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.03 mb = 3560.15 m = 11680.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.43 mb = 596.91 m = 1958.34 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 803.70 m = 2636.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1716.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.20 mb = 782.82 m = 2568.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.20 mb = 829.40 m = 2721.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.20 mb = 11519.49 m = 37793.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1692.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.20 mb = 14394.03 m = 47223.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.7 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 133.7 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 582.27 Bulk Shear: 2.95 m/s